Sisters and Brothers:
The Mechanic & Related/Stores Negotiating Committee met with American Airlines the week of April 11th in DFW. During this week’s sessions, your Negotiating Committee reached tentative agreement on the following articles:
• Leaves of Absences: After exchanging multiple proposals with the company we have reached a tentative agreement on this article.
• Part Time Employees: We have reached a tentative agreement on this article, which eliminates the article from the contract entirely.
During this session, we worked on the following articles:
• Hours of Service: We have exchanged multiple proposals on this article but remain far apart from a tentative agreement with the company.
• Meal Period: We have exchanged this proposal with the company and plan for it to coincide with the Hours of Service article.
• Sick Leave: We have exchanged proposals with the company on this article.
• Shift Swaps: We exchanged proposals with the company on this article, which is currently found in the IAM contract under “General and Miscellaneous Article”.
• MCT Hours of Service: We exchanged proposals with the company on this article.
• MTS Hours of Service: We received the company’s first proposal on this article.
• Grievance Procedure: We are awaiting answers from the company on discipline and discharge procedures.
The parties have agreed to the negotiations schedule below for the next three months:
• The week of April 18- DFW
• The week of April 25- DCA
• The week of May 9 – DCA
• The week of May 16- DFW
• The week of May 23- DFW
• The week of June 13- DFW
• The week of June 20- DFW
• The week of June 27- DFW
Fraternally,
Jason Best Mike Bush Ken Coley John Coveny
Dale Danker Mark Huffman Bennie Martino Gary Peterson
Larry Pike Sean Ryan Jay Sleeman Mark Strength
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